Seven days of questions and answers

Harry Potter Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 4 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. What is the name of Voldemort’s snake?

    Answer: Nagini

    Voldemort’s snake and Horcrux is named Nagini.

  2. What kind of charm is Expelliarmus?

    Answer: Disarming Charm

    Expelliarmus is the Disarming Charm.

  3. Which wizarding sport is played on flying broomsticks?

    Answer: Quidditch

    Quidditch is the broomstick sport played by two seven-person teams.

  4. What distinctive markings appear around McGonagall’s Animagus eyes?

    Answer: spectacle-shaped markings

    McGonagall’s tabby-cat Animagus form has markings around its eyes that resemble her spectacles.

  5. Who buys Hedwig for Harry?

    Answer: Hagrid

    Hagrid buys her in Diagon Alley.

Daily round

  1. What must a student answer to enter Ravenclaw Tower?

    Answer: a riddle

    Its tower entrance asks a riddle.

  2. In which forest does Aragog live?

    Answer: Forbidden Forest

    Aragog lives in the Forbidden Forest.

  3. How many Horcruxes did Voldemort intend to create?

    Answer: six

    Voldemort intended to create six of them.

  4. Which Hogwarts house values courage and daring?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Gryffindor is the Hogwarts house valuing courage and daring.

  5. What identifying memory does a Golden Snitch preserve?

    Answer: the first person who touched it

    A Golden Snitch has flesh memory and remembers the first person who touched it.

Daily round

  1. Which Hogwarts chamber contains four long house tables?

    Answer: Great Hall

    Great Hall is the large Hogwarts chamber used for meals and ceremonies.

  2. Which Horcrux is destroyed with a basilisk fang in the Chamber of Secrets?

    Answer: Tom Riddle’s diary

    Harry destroys Tom Riddle’s diary with a basilisk fang in the Chamber of Secrets.

  3. Which Deathly Hallow hides its wearer from sight?

    Answer: Invisibility Cloak

    Invisibility Cloak is the garment that hides its wearer from sight.

  4. Which Hogwarts house values loyalty and hard work?

    Answer: Hufflepuff

    Hufflepuff is the Hogwarts house valuing loyalty and hard work.

  5. Who originally owned the Sorting Hat?

    Answer: Godric Gryffindor

    Godric Gryffindor originally owned the Sorting Hat.

Daily round

  1. Which incantation summons a Patronus?

    Answer: Expecto Patronum

    Expecto Patronum is the incantation producing a defensive magical guardian.

  2. Which player pursues the Golden Snitch?

    Answer: Seeker

    The Seeker pursues the Golden Snitch.

  3. Which winged Quidditch ball does the Seeker chase?

    Answer: Golden Snitch

    Golden Snitch is the small winged ball pursued during Quidditch.

  4. Which defensive spell does Harry use especially often?

    Answer: Expelliarmus

    Harry uses it as a signature defensive spell.

  5. In which castle is the Great Hall located?

    Answer: Hogwarts Castle

    Great Hall is located in Hogwarts Castle.

Daily round

  1. Which bank stands in Diagon Alley?

    Answer: Gringotts Wizarding Bank

    Gringotts Wizarding Bank operates from a grand white building in Diagon Alley.

  2. Which famous shop sells wands there?

    Answer: Ollivanders

    Ollivanders sells wands there.

  3. What color is the umbrella that conceals the pieces of Hagrid’s wand?

    Answer: pink

    Hagrid hides the pieces of his broken wand inside a pink umbrella.

  4. Which Peverell brother first owned Harry’s cloak?

    Answer: Ignotus Peverell

    Ignotus Peverell first owned Harry's Invisibility Cloak.

  5. Which stronger variation of Lumos produces an intense burst of wand light?

    Answer: Lumos Maxima

    Lumos Maxima is presented as a stronger variation of the wand-lighting charm.

Daily round

  1. What object does Dumbledore leave Ron in his will?

    Answer: the Deluminator

    Dumbledore leaves his Deluminator to Ron in his will.

  2. Which phoenix belongs to Dumbledore?

    Answer: Fawkes

    Fawkes is the scarlet-and-gold phoenix kept by Dumbledore.

  3. What form does a fully corporeal Patronus take?

    Answer: an animal

    A corporeal Patronus has an animal form.

  4. What is Dumbledore’s phoenix called?

    Answer: Fawkes

    His phoenix is named Fawkes.

  5. Which scarlet train carries students to Hogwarts?

    Answer: Hogwarts Express

    Hogwarts Express is the scarlet train carrying students to school.

Daily round

  1. Which parchment shows people moving around Hogwarts?

    Answer: Marauder’s Map

    Marauder’s Map is the parchment revealing people moving through Hogwarts.

  2. From which platform does the Hogwarts Express depart?

    Answer: Platform Nine and Three-Quarters

    Hogwarts Express departs from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.

  3. Which house does McGonagall lead?

    Answer: Gryffindor

    Minerva McGonagall leads Gryffindor.

  4. Which Hogwarts headmaster guides Harry through most of his school years?

    Answer: Albus Dumbledore

    Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster who guides Harry through much of the story.

  5. Who founded Slytherin house?

    Answer: Salazar Slytherin

    Salazar Slytherin founded the Hogwarts house that bears his surname.